Weeding implement.



E. B. VAN HOU-TEN. WEEDIN'G IMPLBMBNT. vM'PLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1912.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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VJEEDING- MIE'LEMENT.

Specification of Letters 'atent.

Patented Sept. f6.. il 9i 3.

Application led August 21, 19172. Serial No. 716,312.

all Y'whom if may concern it known that l, Fiano E. VAN HOUTEN, @citizen of the United States, residing at llenver, n1 'ine county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented eert-ain 'new and 'useful improvements in lVeeding Impleents, ef which the following is a specificatral n rete ence being had to the accompanying drawings. i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in weeders or implements for weeding and thinning plants, the object of 'the invention being to provide a novel weediinplement in which the cutting blade, ich is secured to the handle, can be ad ne l to various angles to suit the character e ground to be worked. other object of the invent-ion is to pro 'ma device of this character which will sess advantages in points of efficiency and mirability, is inexpensive to manufacture at the saine time is simple in construcid operation, y the above' and other objects in View, Jntion consists in the novel features t fuction and the combination and ment of parts hereinafter more fully i? pointed out in the claim and in the accompanying drawings in pure E. is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. l is a sectional view taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring more particularly to the drawings l indicates the blade of the implement which is made from a strip or ribbon of suitable metal, preferably of steel and the ends thereof are .bent substantially at right ai'igles or nearly so with the body of the strip. The ends of the strip are arranged upon opposite sides of the substantially triangular plate and are securely fastened thereto by means of the bolt 3 which passes through the ends of the strip and through and a winged nut 4 is threaded upon the end ofthe bolt to hold the saine seu cui-ely in position.

@ne side of the plate 2 which is substantially triangular in form is arcuate in form shown vat 5 and is provided with a plurality of seniicircular recesses 6 adapted to receive the transverse bolt or rivet 7 which extends through the openings 8 in the ends of the metal strip which forms the blade.

Formed integral with one side of the plate and extending downwardly at right angles therefrom is a. fiat shanked portion 9 which extends into an opening 10 in the end of the handle l0 and is securely fastened therein by means of the transverse bolt 11.

It will be readily apparent that the blade l may be adjusted so as to be arranged in various positions with relation to the handle by removing the nut et and withdrawing the holt 3, the hlade may be thenadj usted and the rivet 'i' arranged within one of the recesse-s t5. 'the bolt 3 being then inserted with in the openings in the ends of the strip and the winged nut 4 threaded thereon to hold the blade securely in any adjusted position.

The blade l is provided' upon each side thereof with tapering cutting edges l2 wlieh can he quickly and easily sharpened by hung or by the u se of any other similar instrument so that the blade may be kept inv a sharpened condition at all times From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it. will be readily apparent that I have provided a simple and durable weeding implement wherein the blade can be adjusted to vario-:is angles with relation to the handle to suit the character of the ground which is to he worked. Y

It will also be understood that the device is extremely simple in construction and can he manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

TWhile l have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction, and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice without sacricing any of the novel features or departingfrom the scope of the appended claim.

lNhat' l claim is ln a device of the character described, the combination of a handle, having a longitudinal opening formed in one end thereofj a sector plate provided with a plurality of semicircular recesses, a shank formed inte 4gral with said plate and arranged Within the opening in the handle, a blade comprising a. ribbon of metal having its ends 21rranged upon each side of the plate, a rivet arranged transversely in the ends of the blade and adapted to be disposed Within the recesses in the plate, and a bolt passing through the ends of the blade nud through the plate to securelyhold the blade in various adjusted positonsfiji In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FREI) E. VAN HOUTEN. Wlitnesses C. G. TAYLOR, CLARENCE E. LEWIS. 

